Ind. farmers still far behind planting corn crop

The federal government's weekly crop report says 8 percent of the Indiana corn crop was planted as of Sunday, up from 1 percent the week before. But the 8 percent of corn planted so far is far behind the 82 percent planted by the same time last year and the 5-year average of 41 percent.

The crop report says Indiana's corn planting is now 26 days behind last year and 20 days behind the 5-year average. The report says Indiana's slowest recorded year for corn planting corn was in 1961, when virtually no corn had been planted by early May.